20 Bible Verses about Answering People

But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone.

Jesus answered them, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:

Then the king replied to the woman, "Don't hide any information from me when I question you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak!"

Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word.

My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."

I will reply to you, and to your friends with you.

The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down."

Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.

Then Haggai asked, "If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."

And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.

They replied, "The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?"

Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him,

The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself,

Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king.

The king sent the following response: "To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings!

When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest's officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"

then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to 'God Plants' (Jezreel)!